today i did see a laverda...

[Pol Anorl]

At first it looked ok untill i looked harder and saw how it looks to be made from cheese!

laverda 668cc il2...

about half hour later guy rode off on it and it sounded like a fucked 125
same as this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l-GFixECII

How come this is the first one ive seen?
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[Rogerborg]

Sounds like it wants to be put out of its misery.

Perhaps the scarcity is because most owners have done so?
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[Pol Anorl]

It does sound like it has every infection known to man, i honestly expected more from it, i hadn't even heard of laverda untill i saw this bike.

parts seem to be a bit cheap

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAVERDA-650-668-CYLINDER-OTHER-ENGINE-PARTS-AVAILABLE-/180620057071?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item2a0dcb59ef
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[Polarbear]

Purists would say the 180 Jota is the only Laverda worth having...

I'd serttle for a 120 Jota or a Mirage
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[Carvel]

The orange and black 750 formulas are cool as fuck.
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[davebike]

I still have the 1976 180 Jota I rode needs a rebuild !
What an animal ! the 1970's / 1980's twins were interesting as well
My other half when I har the Jota had an Alpino that was mostly in Monduick speck another Animal very fast handled great but oh so LOUD

but the later bikes like the thing you saw not so great!
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[jjdugen]

Two flavours of Laverda those built in Breganzie from the 60's to the mid 80's when the original factory ceased production. The rights to the name were then bought by a totally different company based in Zane during the 90's.
The original Laverda factory made agricultural equipment, the motorcycles were the love children of Senor Laverda. As a small factory they made some remarkable motorcycles, tough as old boots, heavy, yes, tall, very, long too. Original twins were closely based on the Honda CB 72 / 77. Then a DOHC twin design, originally a 500 (also 350cc version) was developed. This engine formed the basis for the Zane built engines, but it was overstreched and poorly engineered.
A genuine Briganze Laverda is a totally different animal to the Zane models, and they are treated with disdane by Laverda owners.
The crowning glory of the Briganze factory was the Jota (180) 1000cc triple, fastest production bike of the 70's and still a useful animal on todays roads.
I'm just back from the Manx GP, my Jota put the fear of god in me and quite a few more modern offerings. Not a machine for the faint-hearted or thin of wallet.
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[Vincent]

Don't all parallel four stroke twins sound naf?
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[Teflon-Mike]

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Hi

The 668cc Zane Laverdas were designed by for the original Laverda organisation (in one of their guises between times going bust), with the frame designed by Nico Bakker. The very first Zane built ones used components delivered to Laverda before they were phut.

All the best

Keith
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[stevo as b4]

I remember a fast bikes road test back in 98-99 with a Ducati 748 and the Lav Formula 750 with 92bhp. They said the chassis on the Formula was very good, and while at no time would it ever be in front of the 748, due to a few bhp less mainly, they said it was possible to keep the 748 from getting away most of the time, which really impressed me actually, as I'd imagine the 748 was one of the best 600cc class bikes of the era?

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[Robby]

Italian bankruptcy law/state protectionism/corruption makes it quite difficult for a company to really go under. Fiat, Aprilia and Ducati should all have disappeared a long time ago, but the Italian Govt kept bailing them out to have another go. It's working out currently.

Even Lancia never managed to really die, Fiat bought the name and uses it on rebadged Fiats in Europe.

This means that for an Italian company to really die, it has to make some truly awful products. I think Laverda managed it in the 90s. All the terrifying mechanical noise of a 90s Ducati, but without the v-twin engine or intrinsic charisma.

[Vincent]

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